Movies from The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)

New York: Gallery Books, 2021. First edition. Fine/fine. A fine, fresh unread copy in equalkly fine dust jacket. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 432 pp. with bibliography, index. Illustrated with color and black and white photographs. The story of how the iconic movie "The Godfather" was made is as dramatic, operatic, and entertaining as the film itself. While… Read more about this item

Reaktion Books, 2006. Softcover. Very Good. Illustrated glossy softcovers. 239 pp. with index. Illustrated with photos and reproductions. Very good or somewhat better, slight bumping to the outer tips of the front cover. The author explores the genealogy of the cinematic scientist in films made in Hollywood and in western Europe. The fictional scientist in film was often… Read more about this item

Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2009. revised. Hardcover. Fine. Thick hardcover in glossy color illustrated boards. Fine, fresh example, issued without dust jacket. 685 pp. wiith bibliography, index, complete filmograpies. Illustrated with over 250 photographs and reproductions, some in color. One of the scarcest and most sought after of this publisher's books in the entertainment field, a joint study of… Read more about this item

Little, Brown and Co, 2006. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Fine in fine dust jacket. Hardcover. 321 pp. Second printing. Thirty years after the movie "Animal House" showed the world the meaning of togas, the author answeras the question, "Was it really that wild?" Chris Miller )a.k.a. "Pinto" takes us back to the world of 1960 Dartmouth to tell the real-life… Read more about this item

London: Titan Books, 2018. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. First edition stated, first printing. Oversized hardcover. 158 pp. Profusely illustrated with color photos and reproductions of artwork. NOTE: DUE TO SIZE AND WEIGHT ADDITIONAL POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED FOR INTERNATIONAL ORDERS.

by the author, 2017. Softcover. Fine. Illustrated softcovers. Fine, bright example (an initial top inner corner of the title page. 381 pp. with filmography, bibliography. Illustrated with photographs. A tribute to an actress who epitomized glamor and beauty to the American public--shy, retiring, and insecure in her private life, hayworth exploded on the screen as a captivating beauty… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday, 2015. Later printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Fine in fine condition. Later printing. Hardcover. 276 pp (bibliography & index). A biography of the strange and notorious Alfred Hitchcock, and how he became one of the most respected directors of the Twentieth Century. The author includes complaints from Grace Kelly, Jimmy Stewart, and Tippi Hedren, who all suffered… Read more about this item

New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. First printing. Fine in fine dust jacket. Hardcover. 312 pp. with index. Illustrated with photographs. Early biography of famed actor Robert DeNero, tracing his life from his Greenwich Village childhood and career through 1996. "Unauthroized", states author Dougan, in that DeNero did not involve himself in the book… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Triangle/ Blakiston, 1944. Hardcover. Near Fine/fair. Hardcover in ochre colored cloth stamped in red. 303 pp. with drawings by Laurian Jones. Carries the original 1935 copyright date but this issue from 1944 to co-incide with the release of the film starring Elizabeth Taylor and Mickey Rooney. Generally fine but with the usual embrowing and brittleness as is… Read more about this item

NY: Putnam, 1971. First. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. First edition. Novel of a young man's coming of age and his affair with a beautiful young woman whose husband was away at war. Basis for the film which made every young man fall in love with its star, Jennifer O'Neill. Near fine in bright, crisp, price intact dust jacket with… Read more about this item

Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. First printing. Hardcover in red cloth lettered in white. 278 pp. with bibliography, title index, name index. Illusttrated with photos from the silent fims such as "Londoin After Midnight", the lost Lon Chaney film; "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari", "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" (original Lon Chaney, Sr. version), "Nosferatu";… Read more about this item

New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2021. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 377 pp. With candid black & white photographs. An autobiographical memoir of one of the biggest child stars of the 1960s. Known best for her roles in "The Parent Trap", "Pollyanna", and "That Darn Cat", Mills was taken under the wing of Walt Disney as a teen, but… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Fine in fine dust jacket. First edition. Hardcover. 387 pp (including index). A highly readable look at the "Golden Age of the Movies". MGM, Warner, Paramount, and other competing Hollywood studios developed their own styles and values, which typically reflected the personalities of the moguls behind them. … Read more about this item

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1914. First edition thus. Hardcover. Fine/very good. First "Photoplay" edition. Hardcover in red cloth with spine lettered in black and full front cover color photo tipped on. Photographic endpapers. 300 pp. plus 12 pp. publisher's ads at rear. Illustrated with photographic scenes from the 1914 Famous Players silent film starring Mary Pickford (who… Read more about this item

University Press of Kentucky, 2013. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. First printing. Hardcover. xi+ 370 pp. with index. Illustrated with photos. Fine in fine dust jacket. With unique beauty and refined acting skills, Ann Dvorak (1911-1979) found success in Golden Age Hollywood during a time when many actors were still struggling to adapt to the era of talkies. Critics… Read more about this item

The Free Press, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. First printing. Hardcover. xiii+ 290 pp. with source list, selected filmography. Generally fine (rem. stripe bot. edge of the text block) in very good dust jacket. Noted novelisyt and poet Nicholas Christopher explores the cultiral indentity of film noir in this seamless, elegant work of literary prose. Examining… Read more about this item

Morrow, 1975. `. Very Good/very good. Hardcover. Very good or abit better in very good, price clipped dust jacket with some sunning to the spine strip and minor waer at the tips. Hardcover. Pictorial endpapers. 324 pp. with filmography, index. Illustrated with photos. Scarce and highly sought after biography of iconic and ultimately tragic Hollywood star Carole Lombard.… Read more about this item

The University Press Of Kentucky, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Fine in fine dust jacket. First printing. Hardcover. x+ 290 pp. with bibliography, index. Illustrated with photographs. Quite scarce. The first full-length biography of actor Claude Rains (1889-1967). Rains was born into poverty in a destitute London neighborhood and suffered from a speech impediment as a child. He… Read more about this item

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1927. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good. First photoplay edition issued to coincide with the 1927 film that was released under the title "Love" and that starred Great Garbo as Anna and John Gilbert as Vronsky. Hardcover in red cloth lettered in black. The front and rear endpapers feature photos from the film.… Read more about this item

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1927. First edition. Hardcover. fine/very good. First edition. Hardcover in blue cloth stamped in black. Photo illustrated endpapers. 249 pp. Very good or somewhat better with stong, bright covers, 1928 Christmas gift inscription top of front free endpaper, some rippling to the upper outer corner of the text. In the uncommon original color… Read more about this item